Thousands cheer Biden's arrival in Angola for ... - Associated Press News
Dec 2, 2024 · LUANDA, Angola (AP) — President Joe Biden arrived for his long-awaited first presidential visit to sub-Saharan Africa on Monday to the cheers of thousands in Angola, where he will highlight an ambitious U.S.-backed railway project meant to counter China’s influence on the continent of over 1.4 billion people. Biden’s three-day visit to Angola will focus largely on the Lobito Corridor ...
Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola visit meant ...
Dec 3, 2024 · LUANDA, Angola (AP) — Speaking of “our nation’s original sin,” President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a slavery museum in Angola and inspected shackles and a whip but also addressed Africa’s future, saying Africans will make up one in four people by 2050 and the world’s fate rests in their hands.
Biden in Angola: What’s behind the last-ditch Africa trip?
Dec 2, 2024 · United States President Joe Biden is visiting Angola this week on his first-ever bilateral trip to Africa as president – weeks before he leaves the post to Donald Trump. Biden arrived in...
Biden acknowledges horrific history of slavery that has connected …
Dec 3, 2024 · President Joe Biden on Tuesday acknowledged how the horrific history of slavery has connected the United States and Angola while delivering a hopeful vision for the future in a major speech...
Biden, during Angola visit, speaks of 'shared history' of slavery
Dec 3, 2024 · President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his diplomatic trip to Angola, acknowledged America's "original sin" of slavery and the slave trade that once connected the United States and the African nation.
'Amtrak Joe' Biden uses his visit to Angola to promote a rail …
Dec 4, 2024 · President Joe Biden has pledged another $600 million for an ambitious multi-country rail project in Africa as one of the final foreign policy moves of his administration.
Biden says the US is 'all in' on Africa during his Angola ... - ABC News
Dec 3, 2024 · LUANDA, Angola -- Speaking of “our nation's original sin,” President Joe Biden on Tuesday toured a slavery museum in Angola and inspected shackles and a whip but also addressed Africa's future, saying Africans will make up one in four people by 2050 and the world's fate rests in their hands.
Biden marks America's contribution to African infrastructure …
Dec 4, 2024 · LUANDA, Angola — From a hillside overlooking the Bay of Corimba, President Joe Biden declared: “The future runs through Angola, through Africa.” Biden made the comment Tuesday as he...
Biden 'proud' to be in Angola for unprecedented visit - BBC
US President Joe Biden has said he is “very proud to be the first American president visiting Angola” at the start of talks with his counterpart João Lourenço. Discussions at the presidential...
President Biden fulfills pledge to visit Africa with trip to Angola ...
Dec 1, 2024 · President Biden will travel to Angola this week, becoming the first sitting president to do so and following through on a yearslong pledge to visit sub-Saharan Africa while in office, as his...